Shreyas, second right, ran through the Tripura lower-order to wrap up the contest.
| Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR
Karnataka’s wait for a first win ended with an innings and 116-run drubbing of Tripura in their Ranji Trophy Elite Group B match here on Thursday.
Having managed just two points from their previous two outings, the victory and the seven points it earned offered Karnataka some breathing room.
The home team wrapped up the proceedings shortly after lunch on the final day. Contrary to expectations, seamers V. Vyshak and Manvanth Kumar did the early damage on a last-day pitch, claiming two wickets apiece.
Vyshak triggered the slide by removing nightwatcher Parvez Sultan (14) before taking out a well-set Sridam Paul (50, 81b, 2×4, 3×6), who edged one to wicketkeeper K.L. Shrijith.
Manvanth then joined the party by dismissing Tripura skipper Manisankar Murasingh for eight. Shrijith followed up with a stunning one-handed catch to send Sentu Sarkar (15) back to the pavilion.
Leg-spinner Shreyas Gopal cleaned up the tail soon after the break.
Karnataka head coach Vinay Kumar was pleased to register his first win in charge, but admitted that the team’s performance had been far from convincing.
“If you ask me, we definitely could have done much, much better as a team. The kind of standard we have as the Karnataka team — a much
better performance is expected from the players,” Vinay said candidly.
Karnataka’s lack of attacking intent with the bat against an inexperienced Tripura attack was hardly befitting a team with championship ambitions.
“We could have definitely batted a bit more freely. But when I spoke to the batters, they said the pitch was not that easy. It was keeping low. With smaller teams like this (Tripura), they know their business and stick to the basics. That is why the batters felt it was not that easy to score runs,” Vinay said.
“However, we can’t give that kind of excuse. We could have been a bit more aggressive, especially because we hadn’t won our previous two games,” he added.
The scores: Tripura — 1st innings: 194.
Karnataka — 1st innings: 490/9 decl.
Tripura — 2nd innings: Bikramkumar Das c Mayank b Shreyas 26, Hrituraj Roy c Rohan b Shreyas 13, Babul Dey lbw b Shreyas 28, Sridam Paul c Shrijith b Vyshak 50, Parvez Sultan c Rohan b Vyshak 14, Mandeep Singh (not out) 20, Manisankar Murasingh c Shrijith b Manvanth 8, Sentu Sarkar c Shrijith b Manvanth 15, Bikramjit Debnath c Shrijith b Shreyas 3, Sandip Sarkar run out 0, Abhijit Sarkar b Shreyas 0; Extras (b-1, lb-2): 3; Total (in 78.1 overs): 180.
Fall of wickets: 1-33, 2-46, 3-96, 4-128, 5-133, 6-145, 7-163, 8-178, 9-179.
Karnataka bowling: Manvanth 10-1-42-2, Vyshak 15-6-31-2, Shreyas 23.1-6-36-5, Bhatkal 8-1-16-0, Shikhar 22-5-52-0.
Published – October 29, 2026 05:39 pm IST
